4Q50 — a biblical manuscript from Qumran Cave 4, in Hebrew. It preserves part of Judges.
Square brackets mark reconstruction. Letters inside brackets are the editors’ restoration; a bracketed ellipsis […] stands where a word is lost altogether.
Hebrew · Dead Sea Scrolls
4Q50
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
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[…] … […] … […] [ו][ישכימו] [ב][בקר]
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[ו][יקם] [ל][לכת] [ו][יאמר] [אבי] [ה][נ]ערה אל חתנ׳ו ס[עד] [לב׳ך] [פת] [לחם] [ו][אחר]
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[תלכו][׃] [ו][ישבו] [ו][יאכלו] [שני]׳הם יחד[ו] וישתו וי[אמר] [אבי] [ה][נערה]
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[אל] [ה][איש] [הואל] [נא] [ו][לין] [ו][י]טב לב׳ך׃ ויקם הא[יש] [ל][לכת] [ו][יפצר] [ב׳ו] [חתנ׳ו]׃
Fragment f2_3
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[ו][יביאו] [אות׳ם] [אל] [ה][מחנה] [שלה] [אשר] [ב]ארץ כנען[׃] [ו][ישלחו] [כל] [ה][עדה] [ו][ידברו]
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[אל] [בני] [בנימן] [אשר] [ב][סלע] [רמון] [ו][י]קראו ל׳הם [שלום][׃] [ו][ישב] [בנימן] [ב][עת] [ה][היא] [ו][יתנו] [ל׳הם] [ה][נשים] [אשר] [חיו] [מ][נשי] [יבש] [גלעד]
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[ו][לא] [מצאו] [ל׳הם] [כן][׃] [ו][ה][עם] [נחם] [ל][בני]מן כי עשה יה[וה] [פרץ] [ב][שבטי] [ישראל][׃] [ו][יאמרו] [זקני] [ה][עדה] [מה] [נעשה]
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[ל][נותרים] [ל][נשים] […] … … בנימן׃ ויאמרו יר[שת] [פליטה] [ל][בנימן] [ו][לא] [ימחה] [שבט] [מ][ישראל][׃] [ו][אנחנו] [לא] [נוכל] [ל][תת] [ל׳הם] [נשים] [מ][בנותי׳נו] [כי] [נשבעו] [בני] [ישראל] [ל][אמר] [ארור]
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[נתן] […] … […][׃] [ו][יאמרו] [הנ]ה ח[ג] יהוה בש[לו] [מ][ימים] [ימימ׳ה] [אשר] [מ][צפונ׳ה]
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[ל][בית] [אל] [מ]זרח ה[שמ]ש [ל][מסלה] העלה מ[בי]ת א[ל] [שכמ׳ה] [ו][מ][נגב] [ל][לבונה][׃] [ו][יצו] [את] [בני] [בנימן] [ל][אמר]
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[לכו] [ו][ארבתם] [ב]כ[ר]מים׃ [ו][ר]א[יתם] והנה אם י[צאו] [בנות] [שילו] [ל][חול] [ב][מחלות] [ו][יצאתם] [מן] [ה][כרמים] [ו][חטפתם] [ל׳כם] [איש] [אשת׳ו] [מ][בנות]
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[שילו] [ו][הלכתם] [אר]ץ [בני]מי[ן][׃] והיה [כי] יבאו אבותי׳ה[ם] [או] [אחי׳הם] [ל][ריב] [אלי׳נו] [ו][אמרנו] [אלי׳הם]
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[חנו׳נו] [אות׳ם] [כי] [לא] לק[חנו] [איש] אש[ת׳ו] [ב]מלחמה כי [לא] [אתם] [נתתם] [ל׳הם] [כ][עת] [תאשמו]׃
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[ו][יעשו] [כן] [בני] [בנימן] [ו][י]שא[ו] [נ]שי[ם] [ל][מספר]׳ם מהמחלל[ות] [אשר] [גזלו] [ו][ילכו] [ו][ישובו]
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[אל] [נחלת׳ם] [ו][יב]נו את [ה][ער]ים וישבו ב׳הם׃ ויתהלכ[ו] [מ][שם] [בני] [ישראל] [ב][עת]
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[ה][היא] [איש] [ל][שב]ט׳ו ולמשפח[ת׳ו] [ו][י]צאו מש[ם] איש [ל][נחלת׳ו]׃
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[ב][ימים] ההם אי[ן] [מ]לך בישרא[ל] [אי]ש [ה][ישר] [ב][ע]ני׳[ו] י[עשה]׃
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Transcriptions and morphology: Martin G. Abegg, Jr., James E. Bowley and Edward M. Cook, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Biblical and Non-Biblical Texts. Text-Fabric edition by Jarod Jacobs, Martijn Naaijer and Dirk Roorda, ETCBC, used by permission under CC BY-NC 4.0. Dictionary: Brown-Driver-Briggs. Square brackets mark letters reconstructed by the editors rather than preserved on the manuscript.
The words of this chapter
118 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
וְand44לto/for24הthe18בin/on/with15מִןfrom12אָמַרutter8הָלַךְgo7אֶלmotion to7אִישׁman7אִשָּׁהwoman7אֲשֶׁרwho5בֵּןson5לֹאnot5כִּיburning5יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael5אֵתmark of the accusative4נָתַןgive4עָשָׂהdo4אָבfather3עֵתtime3שֵׁ֫בֶטrod3בַּתdaughter3יוֹםday3יָצָאgo out3קוּםarise2נַעֲרָהgirl2לֵבinner man2יָשַׁבsit2בּוֹאcome in2אֶ֫רֶץearth2עֵדָהcongregation2שׁוּבturn back2הוּאhe2כֵּןright2יהוהJehovah2הִנֵּהlo!2בֵּיתbetween2אֵלgod2כֶּרֶםvineyard2חוּלwhirl2נַחֲלָהpossession2שָׁםthere2שָׁכַםstartבֹּ֫קֶרmorningחָתָןdaughter’s husbandסָעַדsupportפַּתfragmentלֶ֫חֶםbreadאַחַרthe hinderאָכַלeatשְׁנַ֫יִםtwoשָׁתָהdrinkיָאַלbe foolishנָאIיָטַבbe goodפָּצַרpushחֹתֵןgiveמַחֲנֶהencampmentכְּנַ֫עַןCanaanשָׁלַחsendכֹּלthe wholeדָבַרspeakסֶ֫לַעcragרִמּוֹןpomegranateקָרָאcallשָׁלוֹםcompletenessחָיָהliveיָבֵשׁbe dryגִּלְעָדGileadמָצָאattain toעַםpeopleנָחַםbe sorryפֶּ֫רֶץbursting forthזָקֵןbe oldמָהwhat?יָתַרremain overיְרֻשָּׁהa possessionפְּלֵיטָהescapeמָחָהwipeאֲנַ֫חְנוּweיָכֹלbe ableשָׂבֵעַbe satedאָרַרcurseחַגfestival-gatheringצָפוֹןnorthמִזְרָחplace of sunriseשֶׁ֫מֶשׁsunמְסִלָּהhighwayעָלָהgo upשְׁכֶםshoulderנֶ֫גֶבsouth-countryלְבוֹנָהLebonahצָוָהlay chargeאָרַבlie in waitרָאָהseeאִםifחָטַףcatchהָיָהfall outאוֹorאָחbrotherרִיבstriveחָנַןshew favourלָקַחtakeמִלְחָמָהbattleאַתֶּםyouכlike/asאָשַׁםoffendנָשָׂאliftמִסְפָּרnumberגָּזַלtear awayבְּנָהbuildעִירexcitementמִשְׁפָּחָהclanהֵםof their moaningאַ֫יִןnothingמֶ֫לֶךְkingיָשָׁרstraightעַ֫יִןeye